GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 628524
Jabber file transfer in Empathy fails
Last modified: 2010-09-02 08:43:12 UTC
This bug was originally reported on Launchpad: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/empathy/+bug/610899 From the downstream bug: 'Trying to receive a file transfer from Empathy 2.30.2, Empathy 2.30.2 reports: "Error receiving "his_filename" from <his_nick>; Error while trying to transfer the file." The progress bar freezes at 64%. The same is true in the reverse direction. File transfer via Pidgin works all right, though.' As for myself, I experience a similar issue, at the exception that the file transfer doesn't even start - it keeps getting stuck at 0% without an error message.
Probably a telepathy-gabble issue. Please report on bugs.Freedesktop.org and attach gabble logs.